This is an analysis of the poem An Address To Poetry that begins with:
I.
While envious crowds the summit view,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdXed X fgfgXhhi X bfbfXffd X jXjgjccj a dadaegeg a bkbkdkdk X bcbciggi X jljlfaaf X cacaXccg m geXeihhi a fkfklnnl X jijijggj X gcgceaae X fgfgfggo X dcdcemme X Xcfceppe X fXfgXccX X gdgdcjjc X jfjfmccm X dfdokbbk X fcfcijji X m
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 110010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 01010011 11010110 11010101 1111010101 1 1101111 01110111 11010011 01010101 11111110 11110100101 1101010101 1100110011 1 11011101 11010111 11110101 1101011 11110010 11010101 10110101 1101110111 1 10110101 01011110 11110111 11011101 11010101 0101111111 1101010111 1111010101 1 01010101 11010101 11111101 11111111 11010101 101000101 01011101 0110010101 1 11110001 010100111 11110101 11110101 11000101 11111101011 1101010101 1111010111 1 11111111 11111101 111100111 01111111 11110101 11011101 11011101 01011111001 1 11110001 11011101 010100111 11010101 01110101 11100101001 1100010101 1101010101 1 10110101 01110101 11110101 110100111 11010010 01011101 11011101 0011001101 1 01110101 01010101 11110110 11010001 11010101 1101010101 0101011111 1111110101 1 11010111 11010101 11101011 11110111 11001101 11010001 11011001 1101011111 1 1101101 01011111 11111101 110010101 01010101 0101010101 1101010101 11011101001 1 11010111 10010101 10111101 11111111 11110101 11110001 11111101 1101010101 1 111101101 01011101 01010011 01011101 11010101 1101010101 111101101 110010101010 1 11010111 111100101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11110101 01110101 1101110101 1 11010101 110111101 11011101 110110101 111100101 1101011101 11011001101 0101111011 1 11110101 1010101010 01010101 01010101 1101101010 11011101001 1101010111 11110111010 1 0100101101 01010101 11100101 100010101 11011101 10110101 01110101 1011010001 1 1100101 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 1100010101 1101010101 1101011101 1 11011101 11000101 11111101 01001010 1110101001 01010101 11011111 11010010101 1 11010101 11110101 111101001 11010011 11010101 0111110001 1001010001 1111010111 1 11010011 11010101 11010101 01011111 01011101 11000101 100110101 1010100111010 1 11000101 01010111 11010111 11010101 11111101 0101011101 1101110101 1101011111 1 10010111 1100001010 11010101 11001101 01111101 10111111 11010111 1010100101 1 111101101 11010111 01001101 101010101 110111001 1111100101 0101011101 1111001000110 1 10111101 01010101 01010101 11011101 100101010 01011101 01000101 111101101010 1 11110101 111100101 01010101 010010101 11110101 1101011101 11111001010 0111010101 1 11110111 10111101 10110101 01010101 01111101 01011111 11111101 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 56
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 279
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of, where, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, let, as, when, the, for, while are repeated.
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- summary of An Address To Poetry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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